What should be the fate of the "One Chip Challenge?"

Keep it on the shelves as it has been, no change. (No votes)
Keep it on the shelves but restrict purchase to adults only.
Total votes: 5 (38%)
Restrict its sale to specific stores.
Total votes: 1 (8%)
Get rid of it altogether.
Total votes: 7 (54%)
Other (specify). (No votes)
Total votes: 13

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twelvepoint wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:27 pm Capsaicin lovers: how hot is hot?
Scoville units are... I'm not going to say inaccurate... but they rarely indicate exactly how much pain I'm going to be in if I eat something. It is so dependent on what (if anything) you're eating the hot thing with, and of course how much of it you eat.

I've eaten a raw jalapeño by itself that just about killed me.

I've sliced up a whole habanero (supposedly 10 to 50 times hotter) into a burrito and was absolutely fine. It was great.
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jfv wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:24 pm
twelvepoint wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:27 pm Capsaicin lovers: how hot is hot?
Scoville units are... I'm not going to say inaccurate... but they rarely indicate exactly how much pain I'm going to be in if I eat something. It is so much more dependent on what (if anything) you're eating the hot thing with, and of course how much of it you eat.

I've eaten a raw jalapeño by itself that just about killed me.

I've sliced up a whole habanero (supposedly 10 to 50 times hotter) into a burrito and was absolutely fine. It was great.
Yeah scovilles don't tell you much. I have a sauce in the fridge that's rated over a million SU and.. it's hot don't get me wrong, but manageable. A bite out of a Carolina Reaper or whatever would likely be way, way worse. (I don't really eat raw peppers other than sliced jalapenos or serranos)

Extract sauces are supposed to be way worse than just ground up chiles too. I don't believe I've tried any.
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penningtron wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:34 pm
jfv wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:24 pm
twelvepoint wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:27 pm Capsaicin lovers: how hot is hot?
Scoville units are... I'm not going to say inaccurate... but they rarely indicate exactly how much pain I'm going to be in if I eat something. It is so much more dependent on what (if anything) you're eating the hot thing with, and of course how much of it you eat.

I've eaten a raw jalapeño by itself that just about killed me.

I've sliced up a whole habanero (supposedly 10 to 50 times hotter) into a burrito and was absolutely fine. It was great.
Yeah scovilles don't tell you much. I have a sauce in the fridge that's rated over a million SU and.. it's hot don't get me wrong, but manageable. A bite out of a Carolina Reaper or whatever would likely be way, way worse. (I don't really eat raw peppers other than sliced jalapenos or serranos)

Extract sauces are supposed to be way worse than just ground up chiles too. I don't believe I've tried any.
Yeah it's nearly impossible to know beforehand "how bad is this gonna hurt?" I can only say there's a sweet spot for me where like, the heat lingers, but only for like 10 minutes. That's a nice feeling.
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Re: Pulled from shelves: Paqui's "One Chip Challenge"

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twelvepoint wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:55 am Yeah it's nearly impossible to know beforehand "how bad is this gonna hurt?" I can only say there's a sweet spot for me where like, the heat lingers, but only for like 10 minutes. That's a nice feeling.
That seems about right.

If something is so hot that I start hiccupping, dripping uncontrollably from the eyes and nose, and need to find a gallon of milk immediately, it's too much. As mentioned, I've done the "One Chip Challenge" a few times, and this is what ends up happening. It's about as smart as playing Edward Fortyhands.
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